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Courage + Belief: the start of my leadership journey.
People often inquire into your back story, and I do prefer keeping that conversation for more intimate in person settings, as most who...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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What do leaders bring into the coaching arena? And what's off the table?
Our curiosity led us to analyze data from the past 4 years and use a heatmap approach to validate the trends we sensed emerging in...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Sep 17, 20243 min read
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The value of executive coaching. Why it's the greatest secret weapon any leader can have.
Coaching is a reflective space, where you collaborate with someone experienced in holding space for you in a way that is trusting, safe...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Sep 17, 20242 min read
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Emotional Literacy can open up a new world for todays leaders.
Suria and I recently discussed the importance of emotional literacy in emotional intelligence, exploring the connection to leadership and...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Part 2: Inspiring workplaces cultures to thrive and the role of leaders.
We all understand leaders play a role in culture and are central to cultivating a thriving workplace, but how much of a role do they...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Inspiring workplace cultures to thrive, and the role of leaders.
Late 2023, I presented on this topic at the SA Women's Summit. Having spent all my life in leadership roles in corporate, 8 years ago I...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Are you really accountable for culture without visibility?
We called it early, 2023 is the year of re-engagement, we’re now going to add it's also the year to get accountable for workplace culture!...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Mar 15, 20233 min read
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Why leaders need more from their learning to sustain change.
A reflection of the Being Leaders Circle hosted by Tim Collings + Melina Lipkiewicz Recently we hosted a circle for our Being Leaders...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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How the New York Marathon shaped my leadership, inspiring PeopleQ.
In 2014 I ran the NYM raising $30K for charity. I spent 12 months preparing and, in this picture, I'm running through Harlem. Why New...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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Employee Engagement tools: what not to do! Part 3
We’ve shared a few pitfalls now, part 1 referred to feedback disappearing into the metaverse and score tunnel vision, part 2 referred to...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Employee Engagement tools: what not to do! Part 2
In part one, we shared a few pitfalls of employee engagement surveys when you focus on scores and feedback that disappears into the...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Jan 25, 20233 min read
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Why executive coaching is the best form of leadership development.
Executed well, executive coaching enables Leaders to transform behaviour resulting in improved workplace outcomes and performance...
Melina Lipkiewicz
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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Walking, Talking builds connection
I've posted before about the benefits of walking and talking, there are a few. When we walk and talk, we find that as our feet fall into...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Apr 8, 20211 min read
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We've been busy with #CuratedConversations
We have been so busy this year that we forgot to share with you all the launch of our Curated Conversations, Leadership NOW series,...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Dec 3, 20201 min read
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Courageous conversations fueled with empathy.
Giving and receiving feedback is a regular topic in coaching. Here are a few tips I have put together for you. Let's start with giving...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Jul 17, 20192 min read
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Leading with Empathy
Empathy is at the center of relationships, connection, building trust and team engagement. It’s not necessarily pleasing everyone, it is...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Feb 4, 20191 min read
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Resonate Leadership
Have you ever wondered what is Resonate Leadership? Google offers 9.6M hits, so its fair to say defining it may not come easy. Here is a...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Feb 4, 20191 min read
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in search of GREAT leaders
As a society we are obsessed with what a great leader is and we spend copious amounts of time and money researching and practicing...

Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mum
Apr 21, 20162 min read
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